Digital Government

Agencies step up efforts to coordinate Haiti relief

Poor telecommunications, overwhelmed airport continue to frustrate operations.

Digital Government

Bulk of FederalReporting.gov funds go to IT help desk

Changes regarding calculation of jobs and other data entry requirements are affecting stimulus recipients' ability to submit timely reports, says Recovery Board chairman.

Ideas

System Preserves E-Mail, 'Berry Messages

The administration on Friday disclosed the mechanics of how it is preserving unclassified White House emails, including BlackBerry messages, in response to a settlement between the nonprofit National Security Archive and the Executive Office of the President.

Ideas

TSA: The Tech Vs. Human Argument

Slate held a contest for readers to submit ideas on how the Transportation Security Administration could improve security at airports. The site received 375 submissions, which were judged by a panel of four judges:

Digital Government

Disaster is the Common Enemy

Some hard working soul has put together a mind-boggling <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_to_the_2010_Haiti_earthquake>Wikipedia list</a> of more than 70 countries that have joined together to provide millions of Haitian people battered by Tuesday's earthquake with the basics of life: food, water and shelter.

Digital Government

Hackers attack Google using Microsoft security hole

Microsoft's security team confirmed that the hackers had used the first zero-day flaw found in Internet Explorer to try to steal information from Google and other companies.

Digital Government

Social Networks: Critical for Future Feds?

A recent <a href="http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/press/Press-Releases/press-release/c309defc93475210VgnVCM200000bb42f00aRCRD.htm?id=USRSS&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DeloitteUs+(Deloitte+LLP+Top+Stories)">survey</a> by consultant Deloitte found that social networking has become so central to teens' lives that they would consider their ability to access them during work hours when weighing a job offer. The survey found that 88 percent of teens surveyed use social networks every day, with more than half saying they would consider their ability to access social networks at work when weighing a job offer from a potential employer.

Digital Government

How DOD wants to speed shop

One-product, one-test approach would involve the exchange of an approved products list, testing standards and vetting processes.

Digital Government

10 technologies to watch in 2010

Government policies on information sharing, mobility, more efficient networking and, of course, security help define the technologies that will be hot this year.

People

White House forum examines IT, government modernization

Technology alone will not modernize government agencies, new processes are also needed, according to business leaders who participated in a White House forum.

Cybersecurity

Microsoft will maintain its great firewall in China

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company will continue to comply with China's censorship rules, despite Google's recent suggestions that it might exit that market due to Chinese government censorship practices.

Digital Government

Information therapy measures in rule for electronic health records

The Health and Human Services Department included quality measurements based on a discipline called information therapy in its recent proposed rule for electronic health records.

Digital Government

Army mulls realignment to fortify cyber command

Army officials are weighing realigning networking and communications units to build a fully operational cyber component by October 2010.

Digital Government

Cyber crime takes a bite out of legitimate systems

Attacks on systems often go undetected and are growing in number and sophistication.

Digital Government

DOE assembles team to tackle cybersecurity threats to power grid

The Energy Department assembles the National Energy Sector Cyber Organizationam to work on reducing cybersecurity risks faced by the U.S. power grid.